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Prolonged drought deepens Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis

NAHR-E-SHAHI, Afghanistan — In parched brown hills in north Afghanistan, Abdul Hahad tears stalks of wheat out of the arid earth. In the third year of water shortages and high temperatures, his harvest is barely enough to support his family. The 55-year-old farmer from Nahr-e-Shahi district in Balkh province used to plant two or even three wheat crops a year...

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